minus But now to the courts and a major setback for the Fin Review’s most colourful, controversial and costly columnist: SARAH HARRIS: … the former boss of a venture capital company, who was called a “feminist cretin”, has been awarded $280,000 in damages in a defamation case. - Studio 10, Ten Network, 28 January, 2021 Ouch. So, who penned the abusive line? Yes, the notorious Joe Aston, famous for delivering his column from Los Angeles and for the nasty way in which he can carve up his victims: ROSS GREENWOOD: He’s been vigorous. He is a no-holds-barred columnist for the Financial Review, he’s probably one of the most read columnists in the Financial Review. But in this case Justice Lee said he’d overstepped, effectively bullying Elaine Stead, who was a director of Blue Sky.